Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Perseus (Per)  ·  Contains:  NGC 1624
NGC 1624 (Sh2-212), Mike Oates
NGC 1624 (Sh2-212)
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NGC 1624 (Sh2-212)

NGC 1624 (Sh2-212), Mike Oates
NGC 1624 (Sh2-212)
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NGC 1624 (Sh2-212)

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This turned out a tricky image to process and took many iterations to get the final result. Although I took lots of RGB subs, using that data for the dust was not easy as the data was quite noisy due to the city light pollution from my home. I ended up mainly using the Near InfraRed data which was cleaner.

Adding the RGB data to the narrowband was also difficult as the red signal was very strong throwing the colour of the nebulae off.

So in the end I processed the narrowband data as starless (using the new excellent StarNet++ module in PixInsight by Nikita Misiura) The NIR(L) image was also processed starless and just used for the dust. The RGB was used for the stars using a Ha mask to reduce the red in the RGB image and a starless RGB image was also added with the NIR for the dust.

All combined in Photoshop with different filters on separate layers.

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NGC 1624 (Sh2-212), Mike Oates

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